Panorama head for Leica 50cm lens

[captainslack]

Never heard of one of these and I'm not entirely sure it's legit. Can someone with greater knowledge of these things enlighten me?

ePrey linky

How would such a device work? Has anyone ever seen any pictures taken with one?

 

[ferider]

That is for real. Mechanical device that goes
between tripod and camera; you can then turn
the camera to make several shots, to be combined later into
a panorama. the markings on the lower ring show you the
"stepping angle" for each photo, obviously FOV dependent.

Hope that helps,

Roland.

 

[erikhaugsby]

Roger Hicks had a writeup of it in Shutterbug a few years back, he essentially said that it's nice and overpriced and doesn't give much room for framing errors.

link

 

[ZeissFan]

p.s. -- I think you mean 50mm lens. A 50cm lens is 500mm, and you would have to take hundreds of photos to get a panoramic photo.